Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The plaintiff and the defendant were in front of Trito de Mos.According to the law, in view of the fact that the plaintiff and the defendant do not necessarily understand the "Diolia Code", which has many entries, and the eloquence is not necessarily good, they can hire a lawyer to prosecute in court.Polyxes, who was the first to be tried in this case, decided to defend himself. Since the crimes he committed have far exceeded the scope of the original plaintiff (ie, liberated slave), the prosecutor appointed by the court filed a lawsuit. .The public prosecutor was Aristotle, the former clerk of Davos.

After Aristotle, after obtaining the Dionysian reserve citizen, Davers suggested that he go to work in the court, and he passed the assessment smoothly. Starting from the original court recorder, he worked hard while studying Dior. Nigerian law.After he became a full-time citizen of Dionysia, he served as a lower-ranking judge of the Circuit Court, and for more than a year he became a rising star among Dionysia's judges with a dazzling score of "more than 200 cases and disputes."In this trial, Davers personally made him a prosecutor and had high hopes for him.

Since Daphes transformed the trial system of later generations and transplanted it to Dionysia, it was different from the beginning.

You should know that the most respected Athens court in this era has no special judges, only the order officer maintains the court’s procedures, and the power of trial is in the hands of the jury, but the jury does not have a fixed number of people, but according to the size of the case To determine the number of people, the highest number of jury members can reach more than 2,000, and the majority vote is used to determine the outcome of the trial.Therefore, Athens must have a jury to participate in regardless of the size of the case. Every day, about three or four thousand citizens travel to and from various courts in the city and the port. They are also joked by other city-states that “The Athenians are Greeks who love litigation”.

But in Dionysia, in addition to important cases such as murder, treason, etc., a jury can decide, and other civil disputes are generally finalized directly by the judge, even if the defendant makes a jury request. , It is also very likely to be rejected.The reason is that the citizens of the Dionysian Union are busy, military training, field labor, market trade, public facilities construction...There is not so much free time sitting in the court, listening to the plaintiff about things that have nothing to do with him.

In Athens, because the city-state is extremely wealthy, there is monetary compensation for jury service, and some citizens even make a living from it, so citizens enjoy it.

In short, the current strength and financial resources of Dionysia can not afford this time-consuming and costly Athens-style court trial, and it is not prepared to do so.The Dionysians were affected by entering the legion, holding public office, and receiving city-state rewards due to fear of breaking the law. Really serious crimes are rare.Therefore, such a large court scene with jury is rarely seen by the public, and many people can be said to be the first time to witness the operation of the Dionysia trial.

Victory Square was quickly filled by the public, and people continued to come outside the venue...

When the level of the water clock fell to the eight o'clock scale, Trito de Mos struck the court bell.

Since both the plaintiff and the defendant were present, the prosecutor made a statement at the beginning.After a brief explanation, Aristotle of the Temple of Liberation Slaves, the patrol search and discovery of evidence... etc., followed by showing the searched evidence to the jury, accusing Polyxis of illegally occupying land and restricting others Crimes such as freedom.

There was a commotion among the public.

Trito de Moss had to ring the bell to remind the people present to be quiet.Then he signaled that the defendant Polyx could defend himself.

As a long-time political veteran, Pollux is still holding his head high and keeping his spirits alive, because he knows that if he shows decadence, he will be considered guilty by the people.At the beginning, although he did not participate in the establishment of the legal court system, he listened to the entire process of Davos's persuasion to the veterans, so he knew that the key to the release of innocence during the large court trial in Dionia was the jury. On the regiment, he said in a passionate voice: "Members of the jury, at this moment I think of my father, my grandfather... As one of the earliest founders of the city of Turi, they took all of their own When my heart and blood are sprinkled on this land that was once a wilderness, there will be a prosperous city today. And I have been influenced by my parents and have been making my own efforts for this city since I was an adult. In the same way, farming in the field, being a soldier, participating in combat, and serving as a low-level public officer, and later being elected by the public as General Turui, he exhausted his efforts for this city-state—"

At this time, Aristotle stood up and interrupted his words: "Polykes, as one of the generals of Turriy, you should take responsibility for the destruction of Turiy! At that time, as a general, you did not lead the people to meet the enemy, but disappeared, and actually dared to say that you paid everything for the city-state! This is not the truth at all!" Obviously, Aristocratic carefully investigated Polyx’s Life.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a response from the audience: "He was right! At the beginning, I was in the team against the Crotonenes. Many people died, including Neonsis, but from beginning to end. Never seen your figure from Polyxes!"

"coward!"

"coward!"

...

Someone in the audience began to scold.

"Quiet! Quiet!" Trito de Moss had to ring the bell again to remind the public to keep quiet, and at the same time warned: "Neither of you should talk about topics unrelated to this defense, but return to the accused issue. ."

It should be said that due to the lack of large-scale trial cases in the Dionysian courts, young judges like Aristotle have little experience, otherwise they can protest when Polyxis speaks.

But their initial confrontation attracted people's attention.The courts are like battlefields, and the relationship between life and death is far greater than the risk and intensity of watching a drama.The people of Dionysia began to open their eyes wide, looking forward to their more exciting debates.

Polyx was quite embarrassed. Selfishly, he really forgot that he had been a deserter. He originally wanted to continue to advertise his hard work in the senate, and it was all gone.He took a deep look at his opponent, and then began to say: "As a veteran of the Dionysian Senate, I have always regarded the Archon Daveus as an example and responded to Hades's revelation, so I ignored his own. Loss, a lot of freedom for the slaves in the family. So far, 57 slaves have been released, and 6 have become full-time citizens. I think apart from Lord Davers, which other citizen of Dionysia treats slaves like me. !No!" Pollux looked around, with an awe-inspiring look.

"The liberated slaves, out of gratitude and reward, have to give me some money in return each year, and I can’t but accept their kindness, so I barely accept it. Because with more money, I can buy more slaves. , Give more slaves freedom!...... Alas, but I never thought that it would be mistaken for corruption! This... this is really a huge enthusiasm for me who wants to learn from Master Davers. The blow! This is a misunderstanding!..." He showed a grievance to the jury.

Aristotle said coldly: "Polykes is corrupt, please ask the judge to allow me to question the witnesses."

Trito de Moss nodded in agreement.

Aristocrat called a total of ten witnesses, all liberated slaves of Pollux, some had just been released, some had become reserve citizens, and some were already full citizens.These witnesses with citizenship did not want to appear in court, but were enforced by the court because it was an obligation of the citizens of the alliance.

After they swore to Hades that they would not lie, Aristotle asked questions one by one, one sharper than the other.During this time, Polyx tried several times to interrupt, but was judged by Judge Trito de Moss.

The witness saw that Polyx was in a bad situation and was afraid to take the charge of lying again, and was sentenced to "blasphemy", so all of them were revealed.

Now the people near Mutai have understood: First of all, the location of the land owned by these witnesses is already enviable, and it is all fertile land on the Xubari Plain.It should be known that when the alliance was first established, there were more people and less land. In order not to let the land barren, there was a lot of land that free people and liberated slaves rented.Afterwards, the renting of Xubari’s land began to be tense, and it was not enough to allocate it to the reserve citizens. Where could the free people rent the seed? The slaves released by Polyxis could rent the land, which is a very big problem. Over

Secondly, after these witnesses have paid the Union's rent tax, they must pay 40% of Pollux's land income;

Thirdly, the witnesses who become full citizens have to give Polyx 5% of their land income every year.Why did formal citizens take the initiative to send him money?Because Polyxes bought some people from the Ministry of Agriculture, and allocated "parts of land" to those who became full-time citizens, they used their hands and feet when measuring the land, more than one and a half acres.Because their "shares" are often in remote places, it is not easy to be noticed.Therefore, these citizens from the Polyxes family benefited, and they feared that the Ministry of Agriculture would be reclaimed every year when they checked the land.

After Aristotle finished speaking, Polyx had felt the anger of the people below him. He hurriedly said: "They are all lying! They are all lying! I have never done these things at all. Someone is framing Me! I’m afraid I’ll shake him to Dionysia—"